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I went to see why Silicon Valley can't stop laughing at Elizabeth Holmes

I went to see why Silicon Valley can't stop laughing at Elizabeth Holmes
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Tech industry professionals are increasingly attending screenings of a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Despite the damage Holmes caused to Silicon Valley's reputation, the trend highlights a complex fascination with the industry's most infamous fraud case.

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It reflects the cultural obsession within the tech sector regarding its own failures and the ongoing debate over accountability in venture capital.

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Extend booked out a theater at AMC Lincoln Square. Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider Tech companies and venture capital firms are hosting private screenings of the Elizabeth Holmes doc. I went to one hosted by the AI startup Extend. Attendees I talked to said they looked at Holmes more as a joke than a product of their industry. Elizabeth Holmes is a black mark on Silicon Valley's reputation. And yet its residents are lining up for the documentary about her. Tech companies across the US are hosting screenings of " You Can See Everything ," the documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about Holmes and her fiancé, Billy Evans. Venture capital funds are bringing their founders to the movie. There are Luma events upon Luma events . The irony, of course, is that Holmes makes tech look bad.

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